The Fall Trail Series is Back!
Run in these informal trail races organized by the Wissahickon Wanderers every Thursday evening in September. The distances range [...]
Double-Wit? Wanderers Pull Off Double Victory at Half-Wit Half
PHOTOS ADDED 8/22 – The Wanderers may have sent a smaller contingent to this year’s Half-Wit Half, with only one [...]
2008: Wanderers Launch Their New Website!
If you are reading this, you have arrived at our new website! After months of working and tinkering, we are [...]
Wanderers Tri and Tri Again
Seven Wanderers continued to display their fine athletic prowess by competing in two triathlons over the past few weeks. The [...]
Old(er) News: Lot’s of it!
Check out our news section to see what various Wanderers have been up to SINCE the Fall of 2008. For roughly 430 [...]
Saturday PRC
This run is being held by the Philly Runners club. ALL RUNS start & end in front of the Philadelphia [...]
St. Roch’s Trail Run
On Saturday July 19, Dennis Crowne, Cee Heard, and Jim “I want to arrive early and hear the orientation” Millar, [...]
Wanderers Shine in Weekend Tri’s
Five Wanderers participated in two Tri’s (Rhode Island Half Ironman 70.3 & Diamond in the Rough) recently. Read the race [...]
Why Some People Won’t Be Fit Despite Exercise
- by GINA KOLATA - The New York Times, 02/12/2002 Conventional wisdom has it that anyone who really wants to [...]
Focus on the Negative
-David Rakoff New York Times Magazine,12/9/2001 For years the popular psychology and self-help movement has tried to help anxious or [...]
SuperSlow Exercise
- Rory Evans, New York Times Magazine,12/9/2001 Working out has come to this: twice a week for 20 minutes, lift [...]
The Pain of the Long Distance Runner
-New York Times Science Section 10/30/2001 Anyone who has ever run a marathon can testify to the toll it [...]
Wanderer David Hilton Swears By Heart Rate-Based Lactate Threshold Training
Back in 1986 I watched Greg LeMond win the Tour de France. It was my first exposure to cycling and [...]
Stair-Climbing: An Introduction
By Michael Branca Stair-climbing is an intense muscular event, valued as the "ultimate challenge". In recent years the marathon soared, [...]
Wanderers Take On the Double, er “Single” Trouble!
Report by Polly On Sunday, June 22nd 2008 seven Wanderers ventured up to Reading, PA for more Ron Horn trail [...]
Wissahickon Trail System
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Germantown Coach to the Rescue!
For those runners who need that little extra individual attention, there is now a solution. Marlene McGregory, who often runs [...]
Wissahickon Trail Classic: Wanderers Do It All!
The Wanderers starred in all facets of the Wissahickon Trail Classic held on June 7. First let’s talk about the [...]
Nicole Enters First Marathon: Raising Money to Fight Cancer!
Nicole Saint-Louis (left in photo) needs our help!! She has entered the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco on October [...]
Wanderers at the Head of the Pack at Berks County Tri
Word has slowly filtered back to Philadelphia from the backwoods of Berks County about more glory achieved by the Wanderers [...]
Wanderers Accept the Lenape Challenge
Due to lack of recent rainfall, the waters of the Perokimon river happened to be low the day of the [...]
Links old Race Reports, News, WaterStops, Photos,…
Most of the old web pages (375 or so) were not moved over to the new site. But, you can [...]